Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Predicting retail shopping demand in college towns has been unprecedented this school year. Typically, during a normal year, the U.S. has more than 20 million college and university students with an estimated $212 billion in discretionary spending power. However, 2020 has caused all kinds of havoc in almost every area of life, and in-person student attendance at colleges is just another example.

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Intelligence Node

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Counterfeit products, representing nearly 3.5% of world trade today, are flooding the market and COVID-19 has exacerbated this problem for brands, manufacturers, and consumers. Counterfeit products accelerate price erosion and damage brand image, making it difficult to secure good margins and risking further deterioration of consumer trust. With the alarming growth of this counterfeit threat, […].

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Mall owners CBL & Associates and Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) have each filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to CNBC. Mall owners have faced financial pressure stemming from low foot traffic, but while some have been forced into bankruptcy, others have been acquiring struggling retailers to help maintain rents.

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Fashion Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Digital era, the long tail, streetwear, social media, pure players, business platforms, influencers, liquid design… these are some of the ingredients for cooking this article… Global volatility, from geopolitics to social instability, is the new normal. Companies in all industries need to adapt the way they manage their businesses in an ever changing landscape.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The convenience store experience just got more convenient at Chartw ells , a division of Compass Group that operates thousands of stores on college and corporate campuses. The retailer recently debuted its first store to be retrofitted with checkout-free technology at the University of Houston campus. Cashierless experiences started picking up speed even prior to the pandemic, with retailers such as Amazon Go , 7-Eleven and other c-stores pioneering the space.

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Graff Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

You can never underestimate the role a great manager has on the morale of your retail store team and the sales it generates. A really great manager motivates and inspires team members to perform at their optimal levels and deliver results. But when it comes to developing high performing teams, for most retail store managers, […].

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Global Shop

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

ERP software is a tool that many manufacturers use to manage important business activities and operations such as their shop floors, customer relationships, financials, and more. ERP can enhance a variety of different areas in your manufacturing business, improve your bottom line, reduce your operational costs, upgrade your processes, increase accuracy and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Onfleet , a provider of last-mile delivery management software, has raised $14 million in Series A funding. The capital influx will allow the company to continue broadening its product offerings and expanding its global footprint. . This funding round, led by Kennet Partners, takes place on the heels of growth for Onfleet, which has experienced triple-digit revenue growth year-over-year.

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Retail Prophet

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In a post-pandemic retail world, the story a brand tells and how it tells it is more important than ever. When Rachel Shechtman launched STORY in 2011, she did so with the belief that retail held the potential to be about more than the transaction – it could serve as a channel for branded and community-based storytelling. STORY offered the point of view of a magazine, changed like a gallery, and sold things like a store.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Ocado Group , a UK-based technology company providing end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions, has acquired two North America-based robotics companies — Kindred Systems and Haddington Dynamics — to accelerate its investment in robotics for picking and packing groceries. “The robotic pick opportunity in online grocery is of huge value to us and our clients globally,” said Tim Steiner, CEO of Ocado Group in a statement.

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Bindo

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Nice Information about restaurant point sale system. In a busy restaurant, the menu planning software is an asset frequently overlooked by a busy kitchen. Yet menu planning is one of the major cost-saving components in a restaurant.

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Retail Technology Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

With 2020’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday predicted to be the busiest ever, eCommerce expert Optiseller is urging online retailers to make sure their data is in good shape, or risk missing out on valuable sales.

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Retail Technology Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Data released by global payments platform Adyen, outlines the economic gains that could be accessed by getting more UK retailers online.

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